The Cuba-United States Bilateral Commission will meet for the first time Friday in Havana, Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will be in Cuba Friday to officially inaugurate his country's new embassy in Havana, and resume diplomatic ties between the two nations.
Cuba's tourism industry is currently souring, but it is about to open a new chapter as it explores its adventure tourism potential, a tourism ministry official said on Monday.
The restoration of ties between the U.S. and Cuba spells a new economic era for Latin America and the Caribbean, a leading political analyst has told Xinhua.
Restoring diplomatic ties would benefit both the United States and Cuba, and Latin America in general, if recent events are to go beyond being merely feel-good group photos to bookend U.S. President Barack Obama's second term.
Cubans on Monday raised Cuba's national flag over the country's newly opened embassy in Washington D.C., the U.S. capital, as diplomatic relations between two nations were restored after more than half a century.
With Cuba and the United States announcing to restore diplomatic relations by re-opening embassies in Washington and Havana on July 20, Cubans now demand an eventual lifting of the U.S. blockade against the island which has been going on for over half a century.
The United States and Cuba have agreed to formally reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies, U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday.
Visiting U.S. senator Patrick Leahy said here Saturday that the most of the congressmen and American people support the restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba and the lifting of the economic blockade against the island.
Cuba and the United States have made slow progress since the two countries embarked on negotiations to restore diplomatic relations six months ago, without a date for the reopening of embassies.
The visit to Cuba by Fan Changlong, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, was widely welcomed by common Cuban people.
The United States and Cuba on Thursday ended their latest round of talks on normalizing relations and reopening embassies without results, but agreed to continue the negotiations on Friday, a State Department spokeswoman said.
After five months of negotiations aimed to restore diplomatic ties, Cuba will sit at the bargaining table again on Thursday with the United States, and highlight U.S. diplomats' "inappropriate behavior" on the island, which is the biggest concern to the Cuban leader.
French President Francois Hollande made a historic visit to Cuba on Monday, during which he sought to bolster relations with the island country by strengthening political and economic connections.
Visiting French President Francois Hollande on Monday urged the U.S. economic sanctions on Cuba to be lifted as they have caused "so much damage."
The White House said on Monday that it does not rule out a visit made by U.S. President Barack Obama to Cuba "over the course of next year".
The Summit of the Americas once again caused new beginnings and controversies, especially after the historic meeting between Cuba and the United states, as well as the recent political standoff between Caracas and Washington.
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